MSN Messenger 6.1 Keeps Asking to Update

Sorry folks if this has been posted before, I've searched all through
this group and can't see the topic.

My msn messenger is updated to 6.1, but it asks me to update EVERY
time I log in. It pops up and says a newer version of Messenger is
available, would you like to update. Sometimes it says "you can't
proceed withough updating" or something like that. I update every
time, and next time I start the computer up, get the same message.
Any thoughts on how to end this cycle?

TIA

Jonathan
Thu Apr 15 16:36:59 CDT 2004

Greetings,

Try installing the latest version from here:
http://messenger.msn.com/Download
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Yertman" <canadabasin@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:459e182.0404151305.61886423@posting.google.com...
> Sorry folks if this has been posted before, I've searched all through
> this group and can't see the topic.
>
> My msn messenger is updated to 6.1, but it asks me to update EVERY
> time I log in. It pops up and says a newer version of Messenger is
> available, would you like to update. Sometimes it says "you can't
> proceed withough updating" or something like that. I update every
> time, and next time I start the computer up, get the same message.
> Any thoughts on how to end this cycle?
>
> TIA

Arif
Fri Apr 16 01:25:09 CDT 2004


"Yertman" <canadabasin@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:459e182.0404151305.61886423@posting.google.com...
> Sorry folks if this has been posted before, I've searched all through
> this group and can't see the topic.
>
> My msn messenger is updated to 6.1, but it asks me to update EVERY
> time I log in. It pops up and says a newer version of Messenger is
> available, would you like to update. Sometimes it says "you can't
> proceed withough updating" or something like that. I update every
> time, and next time I start the computer up, get the same message.
> Any thoughts on how to end this cycle?
>
> TIA
I got the same problem, I use MSN Messenger 6.1 and it says the same
message.

Carolyn
Sat Apr 17 00:07:41 CDT 2004

I wish I knew! We've had the same problem. The first time
MSN that informed me I couldn't log in until I installed
the "newest version" of Messenger, I went ahead
and "upgraded" (to what I already had! grrr...) so I could
sign into MSN, and, afterwards, we started to have lots of
problems with the computer slowing, etc., so I went back
to a restore point (we're running XP) from before the so-
called upgrade, and that seemed to take care of the
problem. But this week, the same thing happened to my
husband when he tried to log on, so he installed Messenger
again, too. Since then, we've had terrible problems with
popups, even though we have the MSN popup blocker on. I
know we've all encountered the popups on an Angelfire site
at some time; the ones that popup faster than you can
close them? That's what we've been putting up with on
_any_ site! Has anyone else had the popup problem? It
could be just a coincidence that it started with
the "update," but I doubt it.

-----Original Message-----
>Sorry folks if this has been posted before, I've searched
all through
>this group and can't see the topic.
>
>My msn messenger is updated to 6.1, but it asks me to
update EVERY
>time I log in. It pops up and says a newer version of
Messenger is
>available, would you like to update. Sometimes it
says "you can't
>proceed withough updating" or something like that. I
update every
>time, and next time I start the computer up, get the same
message.
>Any thoughts on how to end this cycle?
>
>TIA
>.
>

Matt
Tue Apr 20 11:14:22 CDT 2004

I having the some problem sometime I can log in Most of the time I cannot
log in.

Matt

"Carolyn" <roisindubh54@msn.com> wrote in message
news:02de01c42439$e9199440$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> I wish I knew! We've had the same problem. The first time
> MSN that informed me I couldn't log in until I installed
> the "newest version" of Messenger, I went ahead
> and "upgraded" (to what I already had! grrr...) so I could
> sign into MSN, and, afterwards, we started to have lots of
> problems with the computer slowing, etc., so I went back
> to a restore point (we're running XP) from before the so-
> called upgrade, and that seemed to take care of the
> problem. But this week, the same thing happened to my
> husband when he tried to log on, so he installed Messenger
> again, too. Since then, we've had terrible problems with
> popups, even though we have the MSN popup blocker on. I
> know we've all encountered the popups on an Angelfire site
> at some time; the ones that popup faster than you can
> close them? That's what we've been putting up with on
> _any_ site! Has anyone else had the popup problem? It
> could be just a coincidence that it started with
> the "update," but I doubt it.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >Sorry folks if this has been posted before, I've searched
> all through
> >this group and can't see the topic.
> >
> >My msn messenger is updated to 6.1, but it asks me to
> update EVERY
> >time I log in. It pops up and says a newer version of
> Messenger is
> >available, would you like to update. Sometimes it
> says "you can't
> >proceed withough updating" or something like that. I
> update every
> >time, and next time I start the computer up, get the same
> message.
> >Any thoughts on how to end this cycle?
> >
> >TIA
> >.
> >